Does it actually annoy anyone by now that Aku is still played

nah

i expect when aku finds out that jack has lost his sword he will be terror inducing-tier like in jack vs zombies

>>90886257
Nope

>>90886257
No. Aku doesn't need to be an edgelord.

>>90886257
No, in fact, edgy aku is the fucking worst possible thing

It's not like everything's tone before was sunshine and sparkles. Aku was always a big flaming goofball in a dark world of his own creation. I'm very glad they kept the humor.

>>90886257
I don't think it will go full edge, but I believe they will show him go full master of evil terrifying when he finds out about the sword

>>90886257
>everything else
Babe please

>>90886257
No he's always been both main antagonist and comedic relief. It's what makes him charming. Right now we've just been introduced to him, maybe it'll be less antagonist more comedy now or it could be equal amounts as soon as he finds out jack doesn't have the sword anymore.

>>90886330
>>90886341
He is the fucking incarnation of evil, and one of his titles is the shogun of sorrow.

ACT LIKE IT.

>>90886257
No. I Was pleasantly surprised in fact.

>>90886364
He's done it before. He was pretty terrifying in the graveyard fight.

>>90886379
We know that there will be a scene where he turns into a giant ball of doom and smash an entire field full of tanks.

>>90886379
>I haven't watched the older episodes

Watch them you fag

>>90886409
That's what I was thinking of, I have faith that Genndy can replicate that for the final confrontation

Why doesn't Jack just rape Aku?

>>90886379
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y57fFLHnmI
Anon this scene shows exactly what Aku's been since the beginning.
Comedic and Serious

>>90886442
Aku doesn't come out of his house anymore and keeps moving it so Jack can't find him.

>>90886444
there's literally nothing serious about this. I actually laughed and cringed at how the new Aku can't match this old performance.

>>90886257
God damn OP maybe he just wants to relax and have a little fun once in a while.

Demons get bored of edgy shit after the first thousand years of absolute rule.

No. Aku has always been eccentric

>>90886492
Actually the last part has him bringing it back to the front what he wants.
He's always been about killing jack.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH2f8PiFinQ

>>90886379
>Trying to say to THE MASTER OF MASTERS, THE DELIVERER OF DARKNESS, THE SHOGUN OF SORROW how he should act

FOOOOOOOOOL

No, now fuck off.

>>90886379
He does act like it. That's part of his evil, is that he literally doesn't give a fuck.

>>90886379
Did you even watch the old episodes? Jesus I'd hate to have you writing villains

>>90886379
Fuck off, retard.

>>90886442
Because having Jack consent to his arch enemy is 30000% more evil.
The ultimate pinnacle of evil is marriage, children, and 10000 years of darkness

>>90886379
Ok
https://youtu.be/TAwAEQhsOiU

>>90886257
I swear that if anybody seriously feels this way they need to fuck right off

>>90886379
CAPITAL LETTERS MAKES THINGS LOOK IMPORTANT

>>90886379
Look at this fuckin faggot

>>90886808
GREAT FLAMING EYEBROWS

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>>90886257

>when everything else has taken a darker tone?

>>90886379
>ACT LIKE IT
Oh yeah he's super fucking serious all the god damn time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnPmtwBiD8I

>>90886884
skippity bap bap boopity bop

I think his carefree attitude correctly reflects his absolute control over the world

>>90886379
When you rule the world you can act any way you want

>>90886379

How could this kid have seen Samurai Jack? Are 13 year olds even old enough to have seen the original Samurai Jack?

>>90886379

Aku is too powerful to worry about how he should act.

>>90886287
This. In fact, I noticed that Greg is best when he's screaming.

>>90886257
I was fine with Aku's introduction for a number of reasons.

>his first 5-minute therapy segment was the only comedy bit we got in the episode; audience needed it for balance and to throw them off for the dark content that would entail for Jack and the rest of the episode

>the lack of villainy parallels Jack's struggle and loss of justice over the time skip; Aku has now become a lazy, cowardly yet nervous wreck because of it. Literally a play on the terms "joke villain."

I'm certain that he'll go back to his traditional evil ways once he finds out that Jack's lost his sword this entire time.

>>90886987
Man, it's gonna be weird seeing Aku claw and maul Jack until he's a bunch of bloody ribbons.

I can't wait. Maybe he'll even give him some good burns with those eye lasers.

>>90886257
I'd be annoyed if he wasn't.

>>90886444
EXTRA T H I C C

>>90886379
Dumb faggot

>>90887021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQLsb7Zm_MI

>>90886971
Or growling, like in episode 1. The "WHO IS THIS" on the phone was flawless. Fucking nailed it

As for the silliness, remember Aku tends to swing between completely silly and utterly terrifying. He's much more cartoony now, but that means the flip side will be just as extreme.

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>>90886257
I'm sorry where were you when this motherfucker showed up?

I'm more annoyed that his replacement VA can't do a Japanese accent and made him sound Jamaican.

>>90887065
Just wait until he realizes that Jack's lost his sword and tears out of lair like a literal bat out of hell to go kill him.

>>90887100
Sounds hispanic to me.

>>90887084
skippity boppity boopity bop bip

>>90887100
>>90887108
Sounds Russian if anything.

>>90887084
gotta be honest, i LOVE the way this guy looks as far as how the show is stylized but MAN they needed a different approach to his voice acting

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>>90886444
This clip is just more proof that Mako was an amazing voice actor.

Even in the comedy segments, he still managed to maintain a fantastic balance of humor and intimidation with his voice. Even with your eyes closed in this clip, you can just firmly sense that this is a voice that belongs to an extremely evil individual.

I don't feel that with Baldwin. I know that he's probably trying his best, but it lacks that age, range and authenticity of a genuine villain. When I close my eyes while listening to his interpretation, I see a comedy character, like a sort of bumbling baffoon - not a wise and cunning ancient evil.

>>90887235
100% agree

>>90887235
yea i felt the same thing. it makes me concerned that baldwin wont be able to pull through when it comes to more serious moments in the new season

It would ruin any sense of continuity if he was suddenly more serious for no reason.

Things have changed for Jack, but nothing has changed for Aku except for the creeping feeling of Ennui.

>>90886257
F O O L
O
O
L

>>90887133
He sounds like the fat guy from Anastasia. I think he was supposed to be Russian-Jewish maybe?

>>90886257
You are not implying that Genndy should've forgotten about one of the major parts that made Aku so goddamn fun, are you?

>>90886257
The show was always seeious/cartoonish, get over it

>>90887235
Nah, listen again. He can actually do angry Aku really well. Sounds more guttural than Mako's did. But he can't do the laugh as well, that's for damn sure.

Anyway, I think it kinda works for a depressed, lazy Aku who's lost his desire to rule or oppress.

>>90886884
His 'death' felt pretty dark too despite the fact that Jack killing robots is nothing new.

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Anyone who's annoyed at Aku being comical is a fucking idiot who hasn't watched the previous episodes. He can be both comical and terrifying, and the series has always been a blend of comedy, action and horror.

>>90887235
I completely agree with you but there's just no one else they could have gotten. Greg was Mako's actual student.

>>90887410
Some anon from /co/ did a better job to be quite honest family. And he could do it even better after some training.

>>90887235
I noticed that Mako's Aku puts a lot of importance in the space between words too. Kinda sounds like a man struggling with English or choosing his words carefully.

Baldwin's Aku flows too quickly.

>>90887228
The voice acting matched him perfectly.

>>90887388
They don't usually have enough time to acknowledge their deaths, that's why. Usually, it's just cut and boom.

>>90887399
It's funny because they basically have carte blanche to make Aku as menacing and terrifying as they want when the time comes. Like, they have everything within their disposal to make this as adult-oriented as possible while maintaining a 14+ rating.

>>90887370
Pretty much this. He just sounds old and unenthusiastic, which fits.

>>90887434
Mako could never English too good. Some words were pronounced completely wrong.

>>90887410
Greg confirmed in an interview that he has never met Mako in his entire life.

>>90887100
I swear it's german

Why?
Aku is what Bill Cipher should've been, except BC is neither scary nor funny.

>>90886808
>that fucking voice he makes for red hood
>the fucking hanna barbera wolf

god this show is just as good as it was when i was a kid. maybe even better.

>>90886884
What a great character design.

If anything, it's welcome.

>>90887471
I think in Bill's case it's just an awful character design. Le illumernadi triangle with a top hat. Spooky?

>>90887228
It wouldn't be Samurai Jack show without goofball voices. Just listen to Demongo.

>>90886342
Always? I think that aspect of him came in with the fairy tale episode, and that was the end of the first season.

>>90887336
OYYYY

>>90887429
No he didn't, stop spreading lies.

>>90887228
>Completely unexpected but fitting voice.
>"WHY ISN'T HE STEVE BLUM"

The anon with no taste.

>>90887522
>I think that aspect of him came in with the fairy tale episode
That episode was amazing.

>>90887434
This. I think this is really what's wrong, the Japanese struggle with the words was iconic to aku. You can see it when he pronounces his own name Aaaaaaakuuu really slowly and broken.

>>90887235
I loved the way Mako would chew over certain words in his performance. I don't know if there was any rhythm or reason to this but he would always slightly elongate "Aku", making it sounds like the character took pleasure in announcing his own name.

I cant wait for the Scotsman reintroduction.
The Scotsman saves Jack and says "OY! WEREDJA WEE LIL NIGHT GOWN GO! BAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

>>90887399
Aku has never been terrifying. MAYBE in the very first episode, but never again.

>>90887434
He's clearly trying to mimic the rhythm, but it's literally impossible to replicate lineread fumblings based on language barrier. The best he could do is pick words to stumble on, which would either sound too calculated or random and shitty.

>>90887577
Did they ever confirm his VA?

>>90887471
Sad but true

Is Toffee the best 'new' cartoon villain on right now? Jasper could also have been interesting if her show wasn't so against conflict.

>>90886379
Look Anon, come sit on Aku's lap.
When you are the ULTIMATE EMBODIMENT OF EVIL, you don't have to care about posturing to would be revolutionaries or hopeful successors. I simply NEED TO RAISE MY MIGHTY FIST and the inhabitants of all worlds quake in awe and terror at its might. So, in this I needn't do anything, other than be myself: I, Aku, shapeshifting master of darkness, yadda yadda so on and so forth. As for your impertenence, you shall spend twelve hundred years in the Pit of Hate cleaning the dirty sock door of Aku with this tiny toothbrush. You shall know the sorrow that is The Shogun of Sorrow.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

>>90887228
He's THE SCATMAN

Post Aku's greatest hits:

I'll start in easy mode:

>an UNSPEAKABLE EVIL

>the future that IS Aku!

>>90887646
If its not the original VA, its going into the garbage.

But this is something I do know, that all characters that played a role in the series will be making a come back, or their children, Scotsman's sword for example is magical, the monks have obtained a new power, and the daughters of Aku are ancient decedents of Jacks clan.

>>90887652
The last good villain was The Beast in my opinion.
Toffee is boring.

>>90886379
>he thinks that an incarnation of evil, or an agent of sorrow needs to only be serious.

Maybe someday you'll understand characterization beyond your pitifully limited views, boyo

>>90887675
Of course it's going to be. It's not like DiMaggio is a hard VA to get.

He spent a whole series voicing a character whose entire vocabulary consisted of the word "Radda"

>>90886808
How does Aku reach these kids?

>>90887674
>I can give you a ride, if yo-

>>90887674
>YOU WORTHLESS WRINKLED GRUB, I'LL HAVE YOU ALL FOR DINNER!

>>90887805
He just needs better PR

>>90887646
Dimaggio is one of the most prolific VAs in the industry who works closely with CN so I'm sure they'll get him.

>>90887228
You what? The Sammy Davis Jr. impersonation was perfect.

>>90886379
Aku is both a joke and a threat.

That's the point, he conquered the earth, the rest of the universe is crumbling beneath him, and barring one lone Samurai everything has been going his way. He doesn't need to act like anything because he's already won.

Jack is a his ultimate folly because he's the one being who not only defied him but could actually kill him once and for all. Or at least he was before the sword fell into the unending pit or whatever. The simple fact he still thinks Jack has his sword is reason enough to keep himself at bay, even if it means they do this for the rest of eternity

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>>90887674

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>>90886379

>>90886257
No, it creates a nice sense of dichotomy.

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>>90886884
>>90887084
rest in bliss, babe

>>90886287
>i expect when aku finds out that jack has lost his sword he will be terror inducing-tier like in jack vs zombies
I expect him to first laugh his lungs out at the miracle that's been presented to him, then he'll go straight to murder Jack

>>90886257
Having watched the series, no, because this has always been done.

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>>90886257
>Does it actually annoy anyone by now that Aku is still played as comic relief when everything else has taken a darker tone?

It's better than when he tries to fuck Jack.

Aku is pretty fucking evil though, I don't get why people say he isn't
>the lava monster episode
Probably the best way they showed how fucking evil he is. Aku is though, at his core, a prankster.

>>90888162
>Or at least he was before the sword fell into the unending pit
He lost the sword in the fucking Pit of Hate? Jesus, Jack.

Commit sudoku, right now.

>>90888372
He's not a prankster.
He's a quirky villain but he's genuine about it, it's not like a stereotypical villain who is always "uniformly evil" he's driven by selfish desire to do things he wants to do. You can see that when no one is around he's a layabout that does nothing but gripe and when other people are around him he plays his part. He can be surprised enough to break character often that you see the difference between the two character he plays.

>>90886379
Calm down

>>90888372
The constraints of a child-friendly show limit how much fucked up shit they can show him doing.

I mean, take the first episode with Scaramoush for example. He destroys a village and you actually see the corpses littering the ruined landscape.

But that's the beauty of Aku. He might do something horrific, or he might do something hilarious.

>>90888427
I don't know, he's pretty jokey even in his evil.

On the example of the lavamonster episode he cursed a guy with eternal life just to watch him suffer. He's a little shit and he knows it.

>>90886257
No, because my absolute favorite kind of villain is one with a sense of humor.

I was actually thinking about this just recently, I wanted to figure out what all my favorite antagonists had in common. Turns out I love a villain who, besides being evil, can also bring some levity.

>>90886623
t. Al Bundy

>>90888485
That's not necessarily a prank as it is just him being cruel. Like when those water people in the suits come to him and he sends the guys son to the pit of hate to learn respect for him, or when he lies to the other underwater people about raising their city talking about how it was his decision and that they would be there for the rest of their lives. He's pretty serious about it and that because he genuinely feels he is above everyone else and any other action is punished

>>90888427
>>90888372
This.

The only reason he hasn't completely razed the universe is because of his ego. He wants monuments, he wants parades, he wants everyone to know who and what he is. That being said he certainly wouldn't object to torture, executions, or subjugation to achieve his goals. In the opening episode he stole a planet's oceans for no other reason than he wanted to.

You're confusing comic relief with Ham. Evil goes hand in hand with Ham.

>>90888571
>That being said he certainly wouldn't object to torture, executions, or subjugation to achieve his goals
We need to see more of that side in this season. I mean, it'd be nice to actually see what goes on in the Pit of Hate. I don't exactly expect Berserk-levels of fucked-up torture, but it'd be nice to remind everyone why Aku is so bad in the first place. It's been a while, after all.

>>90886257
Makes me feel good.

How does it feel to touch Aku, is he incredibly dense or gaseous?

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>>90886257
>>90886379

>Samurai Jack episodes take a darker turn

>Lel, let's do away with gradual tension building that starts with a humorous vibe and let's go instead for unceasing angst!

>>90888691
Whatever he wants to be, baby.

But seriously, listen to the guy, he's a fucking tree.

>>90888707
This is why Genndy is in charge of the revival and not OP. Because OP is a retard.

>>90887678
I think Ludo is superior anyways

It's not about whether it in character or not. That goofy part at the start at the episode was needed to balance the intense thrill ride that was the rest of the episode

>>90888571
And hell, his 'enslavement' of the stupid aliens isn't even particularly dire: they just need to raise huge statues to him periodically. You could literally cast them in concrete and he probably wouldn't even notice.

It's a good thing he's not a formless, mindless evil any more, because his pettiness and ego have reduced his overall evil.

>>90888771
This. So long as the overall tone is still consistent, it's fine.

>>90887235
>>90887310
>>90887410
>>90887556

>For the coming three months we'll have threads everyday about randoms anons pretending to be voice experts and nitpicking every word Greg says

Fuck off

>>90888691
he feels like a tree bark

>>90888776
>It's a good thing he's not a formless, mindless evil any more
You think if Jack smacks him around enough he'll go all eldritch on everyone's asses?

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>>90888707

>>90886521
Man Aku's blank face always creeped me out as a kid. He would just stare with that clenched mouth of his and it gave me the creeps. But at the same time he was still a pretty cool villian to me.

>>90887674
>YOU CAN RUN BUT YOU CAN'T HIDE SAMURAI! I CAN SMELL YOUR BLOOD!

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I WON'T SPEND ETERNITY IN THIS FORSAKEN TIME!

Hey /co/. Is there a masterlist of essential Samurai Jack episodes?
I mean, I think we can all admit there's a LOT of filler...
But what are the ESSENTIAL and the BEST episodes to watch?
I want to try and introduce the show to my girlfriend.
Does such a list exist?

>>90888813
Are you honestly for the unceasing angst?
That wouldn't even be close to why the show was charming in the first place. The themes it has as of now are fitting, why the fuck would they deviate from what the core show was trying to promote?

>>90886884
WHIP IT OUT
H
I
P

>>90888892
Just watch the show.
It's not like comic books that follows an arc. Every episode is meant to bring you closer to the character through the action of the protagonist.

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>>90888888
HUGE EIGHTS FOR SUICIDE JACK

>>90888896
Read >>90888707 again. They're the ones wanting angst.

>>90888892
The Beginning,The Samurai called Jack,The First Fight,Jack and the Scotsman,Birth of Evil Part 1 and 2 and Jack vs the Guardian.

>>90887674
><Jack> "AKU...?!"
><Aku> "WHERE?"

>>90888938
Anon that's a post mocking the OP for wanting it to be serious.

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>>90888892

>>90887466
Yeah he could.

>>90888888
Punished Jack

>>90888802
I don't think so. The sword never seems to change his personality.

>>90887674
>Before the final bwow was struck I TWOW OPEN A PORTAL IN TIME. Where my evil is LAW!

>>90888869
>I CAN SMELL YOUR BLOOD!
And now he see it, thanks to a 14+ rating

>>90888888
Oh shit. Better commit sudoku.

>>90888938

You might want to read that one again as well in th context of what OP said he wanted.

>>90888983
I just started my re-watch of the old series and there's some meh episodes in there man. For example, the undersea one is sluggish and has no real payoff.

>>90888892
>I want to try and introduce the show to my girlfriend.
First three episodes are basically a prequel movie. Show her that.

>>90888964
Read it again.

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>>90886884
>You will never hear the velvety pipes of Aku's favorite assassin in battle again

>>90886257
It helps to reinforce that the series is still about the same universe at its heart. For all of darkness, Aku is still Aku.

>>90886808
This is some of the best voice acting I've heard in a long time, I love everything about this

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>>90888888
8's confirmed

>>90888776
>they just need to raise huge statues to him periodically
That rise from the ocean anon. Do you know how fucking deep the ocean is or how hard underwater construction is? Concrete isn't going to do shit. And he will notice, because he's that petty of an asshole and will probably torture some folks because it doesn't fill his standards enough.

Pettiness doesn't mean he's less evil, just that he's less destructive. Mindless evil Aku is literally a force of nature than anything else.

>>90888888
EIGHTS OF SUDOKU

>>90889045
Let me spood feed you the answer
>Samurai Jack episodes take a darker turn
This is the post that establishes what is current in the show

>Lel, let's do away with gradual tension building that starts with a humorous vibe and let's go instead for unceasing angst!
This is the post that mocks the OP, see where it starts with Lel. See how the poster selected both the OP and the other post that mentions how Aku should act more like his titles.

"let's do away with gradual tension building that starts with a humorous vibe" This is the part of the post that mocks how the two posters want said actions to stop

"and let's go instead for unceasing angst!" this is the part of the post that inserts what the OP and the other poster want it to be like.

It's to be taken as sarcasm as the two posts quoted want to do what is being said and it is shown to be a dumb idea by the poster.

I understand your reading comprehension might be lower then average, but please don't let that stop you from working on it.

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>>90888888
Do it Samurai

>>90887021
WHAT DID HE MEAN BY THIS

I too would have preffered if Aku wasnt that goofy sometimes, but at least I understand why he's that way, even during this season. I mean, Jack is silent, stoic and serious all the time, it makes sense that his ultimate foil is the total opposite - loud, silly and with a lack of care most of the time. I mean hello, Batman and Joker anyone?

>>90889247
To add to it, Jack is humble and (in the original seasons) selfless - Aku is of course egomaniacal and boastful.

Classic Yin-Yang symbolism. Making both characters serious makes for a boring and predictible hero-villain act.

>>90888961
Damn I wish I could find the clip of this

>>90889293
It's from the comic. Aku pretends he's a girl again and Jack falls in love with him

>>90888888
oh shit man he's gonna fuckin do it

series ends with jack committing sudoku after killing aku

>>90886257
I need a gif of his stretches pls

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Jack's gonna die in the end, isn't he?

>>90888938
Anon, your reading comprehension requires some work

>>90889351
>no way back home
>won't die of natural causes
>even when he kills aku he'll be stuck in the future he created
>even if he spends all eternity trying to make everything right it'll never be the way it once was
he's gonna do it m8 and leave the rebuilding to Ashi

>>90886379
I have to agree, aku has the most terrifying villain design and voice (mako) and sure there was funny moments but it never overstayed it's welcome

Everything was top tier in this new season and then they show him and he's like a fucking looney tune, so cringey it's like twilight princess all over again

>>90889351
of old age when his Aku-given ageless shit goes away after he beats Aku.

>>90887674
>ehehehahaAHAHAHAHAHAHA-
>Yes, I can hold

>>90889351
Future Jack is going to die saving Past Jack from being sent to the future.
Would probably be a time paradox though.

>>90889414
Your opinion is factually incorrect.

>>90888892
There are only like 3 misses in the entire series and you can watch them in any order, except you should watch the Pilot and Jack and the Scotsman first.

No, stop being edgy

Anyone have the image of the daughters as they're look alikes?

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>>90889414
The fuck you say about Twilight Princess?

>>90889414
Do you not remember the "How can Aku reach these keeds" episode?

>>90886379
He's so evil he doesn't have to act broody and dark to be intimidating

>>90886257
No, in fact I loved that they kept him as a kinda of silly antagonist yet still essentially pure omnipotent evil.

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>>90887658
10/10
I read it all in his voice

>>90888888
JACK NO

>>90889011
Excuse me, it's Twoah.

Y'all should watch Pacific overtures

>>90887228
>What the skeep did you just zoppin say about me, you little babe? I’ll have you know I graduated top of my class of A-ku's Assassins, babe, and I’ve been involved in numerous secret raids on villages, and I have over 300 confirmed kills, you groove with me? I am trained in musical warfare and I’m the top singer in the entire evil that is Aku, dig it, babe. You babe are nothing to me but just another target. I will wipe you the skadooby bop out with precision the likes of which has never been seen before on this Earth, mark my skiddly doobie wah words, babe. You think you can get away with saying that badoobopadayo to me over the Internet? Think again, babe. As we speak I am contacting my scattin network of groove men across the world and your style is being judged right now so you better prepare for the show, babe. The show that wipes out the funky little thing you call your beat. You’re bopping dead, babe! I can be anywhere, anytime, and I can kill you in over seven hundred ways, and that’s just with my magic flute, dig. Not only am I extensively trained in unarmed combat, but I have access to the entire arsenal of A-ku's big bands and I will use it to its full extent to wipe your miserable style off the face of the continent, you little babe. If only you could have known what funky retribution your little “clever” comment was about to bring down upon you, maybe you would have held your beboopin tongue. But you couldn’t, babe, you didn’t, babe, and now you’re paying the price, babe. I will scat fury all over you and you will drown in it. You’re boppin dead, babe.

So what would the show be like if it was dubbed in Japanese? I'd like to see if they would maintain the western pacing of the dialogue

>>90889414
>the entire fight with Jack in the graveyard
>the entire first fight they have together
>Aku literally becoming an army to fight Jack's father, laughing like a goof and suddenly stopping dead cold

Man, it's like you dont know Aku at all. Yeah he's kind of a goof most of the time but when he stops fucking around, HE STOPS FUCKING AROUND. Anytime Aku drops the ham act is a time for you to fucking RUN cause he can and will fuck your shit up

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>>90886379
I didn't watch Jack much when it first aired, and even I know Aku is a troll. It's what he does. Why not have fun while being THE incarnation of evil? I can't wait to see him fuck with Jack. The villain being the comic relief is uncommon in media.

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>>90886379
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxFxRXCG73M

>>90886257
Did you skip the first episode of the new season? What did you find so serious and dark about Scaramouche?

>>90889841
He did decimate the village...

>>90887100
>>90887108
>>90887133
>>90887470
Fuck it, it all sounds Greek to me!

>>90889528
overall not a great game

>>90889796
Like it is, only there are some Japanese actors who could pull off Aku in their own language. Jack barely talks, and I imagine that economy of speech would remain. Scotsman is the real question - I'm betting he'd get the Kansai-ben treatment.

>>90886379
He is the incarnation of evil. HE WAS.

Aku was basically that Ancient Evil that was awoken and wanted to rule everything for his own pleasure. Then he got earth. Got bored. Decided to rule the galaxy. Found it to be really easy since the only thing that can kill him was basically only on earth. So he just became more bored and basically a God. Like more of a Olympian Gods like Zeus or Poseidon. Giving him Character and not some fucking boring "Dark no humor lord of everything I want that Samurai dead NOW". The cartoonishy persona fits well with the character and when Aku does get serious it has more of an affect.

>>90889803
You're categorizing aku as if he's not a selfish person and acts only to be evil rather then his own emotion. He stops fucking around when he's mad, he does things we see as goofy because he's honstly full of himself, we see he acts like a child because he is that childish kind of selfish, pouting when he doesn't get what he wants.
It's apart of his core character, he's cruel and mean but he's genuine and not some edgy character. He's not acting goofy, he acts the way he does because that's what we see his character is and nothing is perfect about his character. He'll be arrogant and make mistakes, he'll win and gloat, he's a character with abnomal powers and a fuck ton of vices when his emotions are ego are concerned.

>>90889962
Anon he doesn't leave his house because deeps down he's afraid of jack. He even admits that he doesn't want to go out because he though jack would just die off but when he didn't he got depressed because he has the prospect of being there with jack after him every day.

>>90888892
>episodic series
>filler
Pick one

>>90889962
He's not bored. He's afraid.
Or rather, he's bored because he's afraid of leaving his pit, because there's a samurai with a magical sword outside that could kill him.

>>90888316
So since Aku could shapeshift into a woman would that still be gay for Jack?

>>90890018
that's why shit's gonna go sideways when aku eventually learns jack doesnt have his sword and it's going to be great

>>90889414
>Aku's been in one scene so far
>Its comedic
>HE'S RUINED

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>>90890042
I'm talking about Aku before sesaon 4. The whole season 5 thing makes sense because he failed killing Jack so many times that his last only hope was to destroy the time portals. That was a lot of effort and at the end Aku saw that Jack doesn't age so he locked himself in his house knowing Jack will just come and kill him. Since he isolated himself he's gone crazy like any conscious thing when left alone for a long time.

>>90890093
Can't he just summon a portal back to the past or something

>>90890137
>Fling him further into the future.

>>90890137
probably
the final fight will probably end with aku trying to trick jack into another time portal and then SUPER FUTURE JACK jumps through and gives regular jack a time machine

>>90886257
t. a millenial who never actually watched the original show

>>90886808
this episode always makes me rage, Aku has the self awareness and an understanding of human psychology enough to create propaganda. He wants the kids to respect him like they do Jack.

the part that makes me rage is, if Aku wants kids to respect him like that, why the fuck doesn't he just not act evil for like 10 years.

>>90890093
Were it not for the foolish samurai, Aku would alleviate his boredom by casually destroying a city full with innocent people, steal the oceans of a dying people, throw galactic princes and princesses into the mines so that they'll be unable to save their people, and perhaps kick a puppy, just to laugh at their misery.

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>>90890165
I'm pretty sure he can only send someone to the future. He can't go back in time with out a time portal and he destroyed them all.
>>90890181
Yeah and you do that for thousands of years you get pretty fucking bored and your personality starts getting weird

>>90890180
because he is literally evil
as in a primordial force referred to as "evil"

>>90890180
>Aku
>Ever not acting evil
>For more than ten minutes

I don't think he could do that even if he wanted to. It's so directly against his nature.

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>>90890225
>>90890180
>>90890234
>Aku is literally pure evil
>Becomes sentient and develops a personality
>Can act and do shit on his free will
>Still has to be evil because thats what he is
There is no redemption for Aku. He was left alive for too long

>>90887586
>He hasn't seen Jack and The Zombies
>Samuraaaaiiii
>Ooooh, samuraiiiii....
>You can run but you can't hide samurai, CAUSE I CAN SMELL YOUR BLOOD

>>90890180
An evil seed can only bear evil fruit. Aku can no more stop being a monster than you or I can sprout wings can fly.

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>>90890219
>that rat

>>90890283
he's evil because that's what he wants to be, because he is

he has zero motivation to not be evil

>>90889962
I assume you're baiting for (You)'s with that image you chose, and I probably shouldn't reply.
Still, what the hell?

>>90886444
>Extra thick!

>>90890219
Then just commit new acts of atrocities. Randomly murder all the firstborns of a generations just for the heck of it.
Start a war. Force your slaves to wage war against each another, and the winners get to brutally rape-murder the losers in the name of Aku. Blow up suns. Send killer robots against a bunch of aliens. Kick two puppies at once, or even more mean, kick a puppy twice. Make the puppy immortal so that you can kick it forever. Drown parents and force the kids to save either their fathers or their mothers. Force everyone to watch reruns of old shows.
As long as he did not have to fear death, he could do whatever he wanted, whenever it suited him. He could go to sleep, he can let people rebuild civilization, he can pretend to be merciful, and then at a whim just break it all just to watch how the puny mortals struggle.
But since the return of the samurai, he cannot have such pleasures anymore.
After all, the samurai is unbeatable, and what's worse, he's now immortal.

>>90890371
/b/ migration.

>>90887586
He was pretty terrifying in the The Birth of Evil.

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>>90890383
He has ruled everything he can for thousands of years. He has probably done that already. Then Jack came from the past and thats where the story starts

>>90886257
I thought the therapy session was a bit much. It would have been one thing if he had just been talking to himself but the couch, and the therapist costume, bridge too far.

>>90890437
>Aku is basically Flowey

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>>90890401
>>90890371
>Go to 4chan
>Don't post interesting pictures while discussing the threads topic
>>90890459
Don't ever say that again you fucking faggot

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>>90886257
No because that makes perfect ballance

It's actually pretty meta

He as a deity doesn't care about anything while his cultists die for him. It's like a greek myth, mortals die and suffer while his biggest problem is to wake up

>>90890478
It's a prtty clear sign that someone is fishing for (you)s when their picture is unrelated to their post, yet ten times more interesting.
This one is on the house.

>>90888279
I fully expect a good half minute of laughter before he even says anything.

>>90886884
He is actually very dark

Real edgy psychopath
Like Joker in Batman

>>90887586
Birth of Evil pts 1 & 2
The Lava Monster
Jack & The Zombies
The Ultrabots
The premiere movie

Probably a few other episodes I'm forgetting.

>>90890537
I'm kinda afraid of that, because there's NO way Greg can impersonate Mako's trademark Aku laugh well enough.

>>90886884
Scatman was fucking dark though, he was a Joker/Kefka-esque character. Murdered an entire town's population for lulz.

>>90890437
And then he can do that again. Or make variations, like for example only kill firstborns that have red hair. Kill firstborns that have a mole on their soles.
Kill firstborns that are girls. Kill firstborns that are girls by having them getting mauled by minotaurs after they had their way with them. Kill firstborn girls by forcing them to kick so many puppies that their feet become infected from the neverending puppy-kicking.
There are infinite ways to be a horrible jerk to everyone.

>>90890453
It's gets the message across plus it's funny that he probably told someone to make a therapist chair&suit did his size

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>>90890600
Yeah but he told jack to whip out his CURAZYY sword right after.
Makes for good contrast I suppose.

>>90890600
No, he killed an entire town to draw out Jack.
He did it out of business. Although his job is fun for him, so there's that. .

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>>90890617
>Be the most power being in the Universe
>Thinking doing small petty redundant shit like will give him any enjoyment
He still has a personality. He wants to be the ultimate ruler of everything. He was probably trying to go down the "Nicer" ruler until Jack came and made him drop what he was doing and focus on him.

>>90890642
More like he did it for both reasons.

He probably could've easily gone after him if he wanted to, he clearly knew that Jack was residing within the area.

>>90886257
Aku and Jack are essentially Joker and Batman, dude.

>>90886257
No.

>>90890684
If he can force everyone to kick little puppies at his orders, and everyone will do it lest they be killed or worse, then he is the master of everything. And life for him is great.

>>90890762
Yeah then it gets boring because you have control over everything

>>90890520
Goddamit... the one with the cutest haircut died first.

>>90888791
lol k anon. first time i heard Greg's voice was in episode 2 and i immediately noticed the difference.

>>90890790
Then just go to sleep and play video games (violent ones where you're an evil guy, like Overlord) until you're into the mood of doing some unspeakable evil again.

>>90888888
Man, I gotta admit, when ghost jack started talking about seppuku being the "only honorable thing," I was really fucking glad Adult Swim picked up Samurai Jack.

Season 5 honestly feels natural. Like, this is what Samurai Jack would have been if Gendy could have gotten away with shit like this in the previous seasons.

>>90886884
Anyone else thought that the scat part was rather bad? I mean sound design of the whole thing was great but when he opened mouth to sing it was just bad.

>>90890836
Like I said. He was in the middle of doing something new when the Samurai attacked

>>90886379
Don't you know that evil is funny?

>>90890840
singing part was bad animated, they should gave him different mouth stretches

>>90890840
no

>>90886257
na,aku is still pretty creepy,seing him act silly just shows how insane he is,at this point he reminds me of robotnik

>>90886257
No. The thing i like about season 5 is that despite it being on adult swim, and having the room to open up for more grisly action and gore, the show retained its comical side of things. It could've gone full edge lord lmao, but it didn't, and i couldn't be happier.

In the first four seasons Aku started off completely serious and threatening and Jack vs Aku ended up being his final appearance in the show. Now they're playing his his silliness before going serious.

>>90886379
Remember when Aku was so mad at children of the world playing games of Jack vs Aku that he Kidnapped them and Told them Stories

So, where the fuck is the fic of Aku getting Jack's sword, capturing him alive, and raping him until he breaks and turns into Aku's slutty concubine?

>>90890180
Because he's literally made of concentrated, black evil, with a bit of poison and fire thrown in for good measure.

Aku is evil. Hence, when Jack is infected by him, he starts doing evil shit for seemingly no good reason. Because that's what it means to be Aku.

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>>90889803
Fucking THIS. I believe his goof act is also essential for truly showcasing his evil side. He wouldn't be nearly as terrifying when he drops his act if he was just evil all the time. The cake is all more delicious if you're starving

>>90891059
I mean, in the storyboards Aku's got Jack chained against something in his skivvies about to do God knows what and Jack is pleading with Ashi to fight Aku since he can't really do anything in his position so shit's gonna hit the fan sooner or later.

>>90891282
Now contrast this armored Jack with season 5's armored Jack

ITT: Keep posting and enjoying yourselves, but fyi where trying to start a Jack general for reliable mega links over here.
>>90891141

Carry on.

Why was this episode so much better than the first one

>>90890600
aku has killed way more people
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxFxRXCG73M

>>90891313
>general
Let the autism begin

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>>90891392
RIP demongo, your voice was hysterical and grating as fuck
>>90891413
Just ignore it

>>90891392
>Demongo
>a person

>>90889803
>>90891282
>the entire fight with Jack in the graveyard
>the absolute fucking horror on Jack's face when he's fighting apeshit Aku

No, why would it? Aku was always a comical, almost Loki-like villain.

>>90889788
Thanks for the chuckle, babe.

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>>90889788
I lost the thread where this was posted, thanks for sharing it again babe

>>90891109
How can Aku reach the child demographic?

>>90891313
kys yourself
generals are for autists

>>90887674
>A duwl!

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>>90889833

>Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm...
>NO!
>Murder ensues

Aku is great to me because of shit like this. It's his weird pauses that make you wonder what the hell is going on in the inky blackness of his brain. Like when he first shows up in Birth of Evil and turns around, and is just staring mindlessly. Jack's dad's face is all "What the fuck is that thing, what does it WANT, why is it here?"

The beauty in eldritch evil is that it keeps you guessing. Aku is funny because he's a childish dictator, but he's also spawned from the primal darkness of the universe and his design is juuust unsettling enough to remind you of that. His face makes you want to nervous-laugh.

>>90892485
I like how his first words were "YOU! Thank you!"

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>>90892485
>Childish=evil
>Mature=good

>>90891802
>A djewul
ftfy

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>>90886379
>one of his titles is the shogun of sorrow.
>ACT LIKE IT.
Well, he DID seem pretty depressed this episode.

>>90892718
>Kids are cruel, Jack.
>And I'm veeery in touch with my inner child!

>>90886884

I feel like a HUGE part of what made Jack so "EDGY" in the first place is that he's living in a A) a personal hell where he has failed his only purpose in life and B) He's been dealing with inane bullshit like Scaramouche for 50+ years. Imagine that you've failed your entire family and the world is in ruins and the thing responsible is a largely inept buffoon that's so powerful his inept buffoonery is non-factor he wins despite it and then imagine that for fifty years of trying to be an honorable hero and right your failures he just keeps sending scatting robots and monsters in clown cars after you.

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>>90886379
he stole jacks virginity
how is that not evil

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I like this

>>90886257
It's been 1 fucking episode. Once he finds out Jack lost his sword I bet we get a glimpse of the cosmic evil Aku. But he's always been wacky and silly.

Besides the point is that he is depressed right now. It was fine.

>>90893029
I also like this

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>>90888196
>I hid swords all over the place
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI9Sa8LpZ3g

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>>90893129
What are we calling these anyways?

>>90893243
Electro fellas

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I know now why i don't like the voice.
He sounds Russian, or ambigously slavic. Not really Japanese. Mako had a slight wheeze to his voice and that sold it for me.

>>90893243
cute smoll

>>90893338
What I dont get is why the voice doesnt echo anymore

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>>90893366
Because of the Aku-stics.

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>>90893383
fucking scibby dibby kill yourself babe

>>90886379
>fake samurai jack fans actually exist

holy shit

>>90890840
Me too. I like the voice actor, just didn't seem to do scat well.

>>90886884
made me think of austin powers

>>90891612
>>90891639
Jack may have kill scatbot, but he can't kill the music that is good pasta

>>90886379
he's pure chaotic evil, him being a goof ball one second, and then taking over whatever he wants is completely in line with his character
what makes him intimidating is that he's unpredictable

>>90893479
>>90890840
I just think that i've been spoiled by John and Crothers. Scat is just scat, and this voice actor couldn't do it like they could, for obvious reasons.

>>90886257
Nope. That's the character. He's always been cartoonishly villainous. That's his point.

>>90893638
It broke up the segments of Jack actually dealing with very serious warrior cultures.

>>90893243
emojiis

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>>90887577
>yfw hes old and gray

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>>90894079
Amazingly enough, yes this IS canon.

Too bad that movie won't be about them.

>>90887658
underrated

>>90887658
Mako come back back to the past

so in Season 2 episode 1 what happened at the end? He learned to jump and then what?

>>90895291
He managed to surpise Aku with that attack. Aku destroys the portal and fucks off

>>90893243
electro puppers

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>>90886379
>A evil villain needs to be fully evil 24/7.
Keep going anon. You're bound to make sense sooner than later.

>>90893243
The mom's a Semen Demon.

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>>90888888
Please Jack.
Please stop the killing
just let it end

>>90886492
>he didn't watched Aku's Fairy Tales

>>90887235
Baldwin's entire career is basically being a Mako replacement.
The only original voice I remember him doing was Frank Fontaine from BioShock.
Let Baldwin do his own thing.

But on the other hand, there is that undeniable fact that Mako is dead. Yet we need Aku, since he is one of the pillars of the whole cartoons. So unless you know someone who can do a better job at impersonating Mako, we should throttle down these complaints a bit.

Genndy outright said there is no one who can replace the great Mako. At least this time we should take his words for granted.

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>>90888196
>Jack will never smile again

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>>90886432

>>90887021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1O4aiPsVPg

>>90886379
actually ____________________________________________i just want to fit in__________________________________________________

>>90887674
>That pillar didn't move on its own, Aku!
>YEES IT DIIIIIID!

>>90890234
Just like Jack. Aku has screwed himself over a few times because he decided to be evil at the wrong time, and Jack has fucked himself over some other times for being good at the wrong time. It's in their nature.

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>>90886257
no because its his character, he was a cartoony joker then he still is now

>>90887658
oh god my sides

>>90888888
Honestly speaking, this scene was intense.


Really blindsided me with Jack feeling so despaired that harakiri was on his mind.

Is anyone else kind of sad that we won't have a fun filler episode? Something like Jack Jump Good or the 300 episode? It's all going to just be 10 episodes finishing the story, which I love but still kind of wish there was way more.

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There was an episode where he had a cold

There was an episode where he made fun of his own "I'll get you next time Samurai!" habit

The very first episode showed him on a billboard advertising candy or some shit

You people are fucking retards

>>90898068
The pilot had an essentially subway ad of Aku eating a sandwich on a billboard. People are just retarded.

>people forgot about this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y57fFLHnmI

>>90886257
It perplexed me and I was hoping he'd more match the tone, but... A little, yeah.

>>90886257
I'm hoping in the Grand Finale he'll be played 100% seriously.

>>90896954
I'm too easily amused.

When Aku went full-evil in the graveyard ep it really made me react, if not b fear, just like the first episode where he was introduced.

However, when Aku failed to kill Jack with the sword and he was so surprised his eyebrows went out my sides went into outer space.

The first season really had a good baöance between a comedic villain and the fact that he decimated the earth, it's a really unique character. So I was really happy to see the comedy still in him, the eyebrows in the nightstand was a gut buster. So classic Nickelodeon humour.

>>90900338
I am sorry for typos I seem to be typing with my asscheeks.

>>90887674
>I AM AKU, THIS WORLD IS AKU AND EVERYTHING IN IT IS AKU

I love goofy Aku but I like it even more when he goes full primal evil.

>>90899627
I hope so too. It'd be most satisfying to see the gloves come off, really fighting for his life.

>>90887555

>You can see it when he pronounces his own name Aaaaaaakuuu really slowly and broken.
>Implying a Japanese speaker struggles with Japanese words

Aku is a Japanese word you moron. It just means evil.

>>90887235

>I see a comedy character, like a sort of bumbling baffoon

He has always been that. Especially in the clip you're replying to.

>not a wise and cunning ancient evil.

He has never been that.

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>>90888888
nice fucking double trips bro

Also who here wants me to draw brainghost Jack/Depression beard Jack?

>>90888888
Checked

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>>90888888
>them 8

>>90888813
>>90888938

>Calls others children
>Can't read